Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-01-13
PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

GERHARD GoELKKR, aged one hundred |
years, died at bingham, Ill. on the 5th-
THE North Carolina Legislature assem- |
bled at Raleigh on the 5th.
THE Comptroller of the Currency on the !
4th issued call upon the National banks |
for a statement of their condition on De-
cember Is, 1886.
THE Journal de 81. Petersburg scouts the
idea of Prince Alexander returning to
Bulgaria as ruler.
ANOTHER circular denouncing O'Donovan
Ecssa has been issued by the Fenian
Brotherhood.
FIFTY-sI1 rioters were sentenced at
Dublin on the 9Th to terms Of Imprisonment
ranging from twelve to eighteen months.
SECRETARY LAMAR was married at Ma
con, GA, on the 5th, to Mrs William S.
Holt, Of Macon, and departed for Oxford,
Miss, en- route to Washington
ALExASDREsCo, who attempted to assas-
sinate Premier Bratiauo at Bucharest, was
sentenced on the 9Th to twenty years
penal seryitude.
THE River and Harbor bill has been COM
pleted in committee at W ashington and
appropriates s7.15s,250.
AMONG the petitions presented to Con-
gress on the 9Th were several protesting
against the adoption of the conference re-
port on the Interstate Commerce bill.
EMPEROR WILLIAM has written warm
letter expressing his feeling toward the
army on the occasion of the eightleth an
niyersary of his entrance into the mllltary
service.
THE Massachusetts Legislature Or
ganized on the 9Th with the selection OF h.
j. Boardman as president Of the Senate,
and Chas. j. Noyes as Speaker OF the
House.
FIRE at Belvidere, Y. J., destroyed
passenger and baggage car on the Lehigh
E. IN the nIC-ht of
the 4th. Three employees were asleep in
the cars when the fire broke out. They
barely escaped with their lives The hre
was caused by an overheated oil can.
PASTOR Downs suit against the Bowdoin
Square (Boston) Church for arrears Of
salary, has been decided in his favor. The
amount due is yet uncomputed-
| ABOUT seventy-five members OF the
Delta Kappa Epsilon college fraternity as
sembled at Wizards Hotel, Washington,
on the 5th, and entered upon the four
teenth annual convention of the society.
| Over thirty colleges sent delegates.
| THE SINNERS Company offers to sell its
| Irish estates to its tenants.
| THE Michigan Legislature convened on
! the 5th with full attend ance. The Re-
publican caucus nominees were elected
Chas. J. Monroe becoming president pro
tenn of the Senate and D. W. Mackey,
| Speaker of the House Contest of two
seats in the House of Representatives
were announced.
THE General Assem- ply of Colorado con-
| vened on the 5th. T. B. Stewart was elect
ed Speaker of the House, and Hon. Geo.
| u. Chilcott president of the Senate.
OVER six hundred leathermen, en-
ployed in various tanneries in Newark, n.
J., struck on the 5th in obedience to the
orders of the Knights of Labor. The
strike is more for an equalization of wages
| than for an advance.
| BEFORE the Minnesota Legislature, in
| joint session, on the 9Th, Governor Hub
| bard delivered his farewell address, re-
viewing the remarkable growth in popula-
ton and wealth of the State during the
| five years he has held the Off ce. The in
auguration of Governor McGin followed
| THE news of the nomination OF W lillian
NJ. Stewart by the Nevada Legislature to
| succeed Mr.. Fair in the United States
| Senate, caused some surprise at the Ma
| tional Capital, but was generally received
| with expressions of favor.
| E DUNCAN SSIFFEN. advertising agent,
New York. has failed, with liabilities of
nearly 100000, and practically no assets.
| A NATURAL gas explosion at YOungs-
| town, O., on the 9th, destroyed 100000
| worth of property.
JAMES Z. NOLAN has confessed to the
murder and mutilation of Goldman, near
| Lexington, Mass.
| AGENTS of France in Egypt have been
| ordered to foster French commerce as
much as possible.
| GOVERNOR MARMADUKE's message was
delivered to the Legislature at Jefferson
| City on the 9TH.
! THE Marquise de Roys committed sui
eide at Paris on the 9th, by throwing her
self from window, being insane on &C
| count of her husbands death.
| WHEAT of an excellent quality and supe-
| rior weight has been exported by Russia
| from the Caucasus.
| GOVERNOR BOWEL of Maine and Gov
ernor Ames of Massachusetts were in
| augurated on the 9th
| y CANADIAN tug has been seized at Cape
Vincent for towing American boats in
/ Anne rican waters.
| a BREAKUP of the Canadian Cabinet is
thought probable, owing to the fishery
| troubles and the recent elections.
HoS. T. ?. BAsHAw has been appointed
| United States district-attorney for the
Eastern district of Missouri, vice Bliss,
! resigned.
| STASHoPE, at present Colonial Secretary
in the British Cabinet, has accepted the
! Office of Secretary of War
| Mrs. KATE TERRY. widow of the Cuban
millionaire, proposes to sue several New
| York papers for SANDER.
| PARSELL proposes to move a vO te Of cen
sure of the government for its course to-
wards the Clanricarde tenants.
| Hon. j. W. ALEXANDER was formally
elected Speaker of the Missouri House of
Representatives on the 9th.
| THE New York Chamber of Commerce
| has declared itself opposed to the long
and-s hort-haul and pooling provisions of
| the Interstate Commerce bill.
| IT is stated that Russia is to build more
| forts on the Austrian frontier.
| Mrs. WIN. BIERLINX committed suicide
at Cincinnati on the 9th.
| A CONVENTION of miners and operators
is called to meet at Columbus, o., Febru-
airy s, to settle prices for another year
PROF. JOSEPH Tosso, a celebrated violin
| ist, and composer of the ARKANSAS TRAY
eler," died at Covington, KY, on the 9th
GENERAL CLINTON B. FIsKE presided at
q meeting of the Board of Indian Commits
sioners at Washington, on the 9th, at
which reports were made of the various
| churches and societies supporting Indian
schools and missions in the United States
! Mrs. CLEVELAND had crowded recep-
| ton on the 9th, from noon until one
! O'Clock, and received again in the green
parlor. She wore highly becoming
French gown of dark blue lowered
foulard. with garnet velvet panels and
| Spanish jacket of ecru Irish lace.
| THE Republican congressional conven-
ton at Eau Claire. Wis, on the 9th, nomi-
mated Hugh j. Price for the short term
made vacant by the death of the late Con-
gresham Price. The nomlnee for the
| short term is a son of the latter.